From Music Videos to Feature Film: An Interview with A Few Moments of Cheers Director POPREQ

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Throughout our conversation, we talked about the film's production and how much of its story comes from his own life.<p><cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> didn't always want to be a director—far from it, in fact. “Up until my junior year of high school, I planned to be a public official. But it was not an occupation that I really wanted. I just passively thought that it was a job that would give me stability,” <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> began. “I liked visual arts like painting and so forth. But I thought that art college is for people that have a lot of talent—and I thought that I didn't have that.” </p> <p>However, as the time to decide his path drew near, he had a change of heart. “I thought that being a public worker might not be so much fun,” he chuckled. “So I thought okay, why don't I try [the art path] just once and see what I can do? And, if in the end, I find out that I don't have any talent, I will just give up. That's how I got started.” </p> <p>Since then, <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> has made a name for himself creating animated music videos with his two partners, <cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=162064">Ohajiki</a></cite> and <cite class="e person"><a href="/encyclopedia/people.php?id=259275">Magotsuki</a></cite>, at <cite class="e company"><a href="/encyclopedia/company.php?id=25088">Hurray!</a></cite>, their three-man studio. In fact, their unique style of animation is what created interest in what would become <cite class="e anime">A Few Moments of Cheers</cite>. </p> <p>The film began its production a bit differently from most anime films. “When I first began working on this project, it wasn't like somebody came up to me and said 'Director please make this film,'” <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> told me. “It was more like, 'We like the work that you're doing so can you make that into a movie?'” </p> <p><span style="display: block; width: 800px; max-width: 100%"> <span style="display: block; padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative;"><iframe width="800" height="450" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0n5eyJJpoAs?si=C4pWf5WLZ_0T2nAD" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;"></iframe></span></span></p> <p><cite class="e anime">A Few Moments of Cheers</cite> is the story of amateur music video maker Kanata, his high school teacher/ musician, Yu, and his classical artist friend Daisuke. All three are struggling with their art—though in different ways. Two of these characters, Kanata and Yu, are drawn from <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite>'s own life. Simply put “Kanata is depicting the child side of me, while Yu is more the adult side of me.”</p> <p>“When I was in my college years and I created all kinds of pictures, I felt so much pride in completing them,” <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> said, explaining the feelings that gave birth to Kanata's own. “I felt like, 'Oh my life is gonna have so many possibilities!' I had a lot more anticipation and expectations back then.” </p> <p>Kanata's main conflict in the film is him trying to make his first commissioned art piece rather than art made for himself, by himself. “In the film, Kanta's not able to create what Yu wanted—and actually I've had the same kind of experience,” <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> told me. “[When making commissioned art,] it's important to try and understand about the request for what you need to make—but I feel like even if you were able to see inside this other person's head—and you were able to create something directly from that person's head—it wouldn't turn into something great.”</p> <p>So how does <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> deal with these situations? “I listen to what the client is asking for and then I would think that over. Then I come up with my own proposal and say, 'Okay, this is my proposal based on what you said to me. Now, would you agree to work with me on this project?'” </p> <p>As for Yu, while on the same artistic path as Kanata (though in a different medium), she is much further along—especially when it comes to her troubles. “Yu, she's at a point of devastation. She can't keep doing her art as she has been because she's realized that there are so many musicians out there greater than she is. She had thought she would be in control of her life but she's reached the point of 'this is the reality. I have accepted it and I must keep going on.'” Although far from any point of despair, <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> remembers the blow to his self-confidence that came with growing up. “So many things have happened in my life and I've met so many other greater people with greater talents. So I feel like I'm a much smaller presence.” It's this feeling that is key to understanding Yu as a character and where she is in her life.</p> <p><span style="display: block; width: 800px; max-width: 100%"> <span style="display: block; padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative;"><iframe width="800" height="450" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rFZ7me9AT6E?si=w-veGMnZj1q3wjxS" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen="" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;"></iframe></span></span></p> <p>Of course, just as Kanata and Yu struggle with their art in the film, <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> faces struggles himself to make it. After all, on the production side, even a 68-minute film is far different from a short music video. With a larger amount of work came the need for more hands-on deck, so the team at <cite class="e company">Hurray!</cite> looked into outsourcing what they could. </p> <p>This proved problematic for several reasons, the first being the actual style of the animation. “Our animation is not normal 2D animation but it also doesn't have the usual raw movements of CGI. We were looking to do something in between—that was a hybrid between the two,” <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> explained. “And it was kind of hard for people [outside of our company] to understand that.” </p> <p>Then came the unique look of the film. “At <cite class="e company">Hurray!</cite>, the creation of all the images is done by another staff member, <cite class="e person">Magotsuki</cite> for all of our animations. <cite class="e person">Magotsuki</cite> comes up with all these images and we know [instinctively] how to put them into animation because we've worked together for so many years. [...] We kind of know what each other is looking for and we get that instantly. But then if a new person joins the project, it's really hard to tell that person what we're looking for,” <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> lamented. “And even if we can, it's hard for that person to truly understand.”</p> <p>However, that wasn't the biggest hurdle the team faced. “I think the biggest problem was that [we were asking any potential workers] to be able to do everything.” <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> continued, “For example, in my case, I work on the art and background. I do the 3D, I do all the layout, and I do everything that a 2D animated artist would do. [But when outsourcing,] on the other end, there's, say, an art person. When you ask the art person to do 3D, he will not be able to do it. And the 3D person is not going to be able to do the art part or composition part.”</p> <p>So how did <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> overcome these personnel issues? “We tried to outsource the drawing to other people but the result wasn't really something we wanted. So in the end we just said, okay, the people at <cite class="e company">Hurray!</cite>, the three of us, we must create all the drawings ourselves.” This left the small team with a mountain of work. </p> <p>“Sometimes, the only solution is to do the best that you can do,” <cite class="e person">POPREQ</cite> said. “There's no smart or clever way to get around that kind of issue. It was more like, we're gonna work hard or we may not have time to finish all this—but we have to get it done.” And get it done they did.</p> <p><cite class="e anime">A Few Moments of Cheers</cite> was released in Japanese theaters on June 14, 2024. 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Staff</span> <span class="full">― The YouTube channel for the franchise based on Kazuma Kamachi's <cite>A Certain Magical Index</cite> light novel series announced in a teaser video on Sunday that <cite>A Certain Scientific Railgun</cite> anime will get a fourth season "soon." Returning cast members include: Rina Satō as Mikoto Misaka Satomi Arai as Kuroko Shirai Aki Toyosaki as Kazari Uiharu Kanae Itō as Ruik...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article220534 reviews novels"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 49.700% 20.200%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/220534/your-forma.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/220534">7 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/review/your-forma/volumes-1-3/.220534" data-track="id=183191&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/your-forma/volumes-1-3/.220534" data-track="id=183191&from=SB"><cite>Your Forma</cite> Volumes 1-3 Novel Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2025-02-16T01:00:00+08:00">Feb 16, 01:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/220534">7 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="novels" href="/all/?topic=novels" target="intro-by-topic"> novels</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook"><cite>Your Forma</cite>’s first three volumes are, on the whole, excellent. A perfect blend of science fiction and mystery, the stories deal with strong plots and characters that are constantly growing.</span> <span class="full">― Mystery as a genre doesn't always intersect well with speculative areas of fiction like fantasy or sci-fi. Most people will tell you that's because mystery is rooted in logic and fact-finding, things that can be...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article221253 news manga"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 46.431% 21.937%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/releases/34062.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/221253">9 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2025-02-15/land-of-the-lustrous-manga-wins-japanese-science-fiction-writers-grand-prize/.221253" data-track="id=183931&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2025-02-15/land-of-the-lustrous-manga-wins-japanese-science-fiction-writers-grand-prize/.221253" data-track="id=183931&from=SB"><i>Land of the Lustrous</i> Manga Wins Japanese Science-Fiction Writers' Grand Prize</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2025-02-15T21:52:36+08:00">Feb 15, 21:52</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/221253">9 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Nihon SF Taishō also honor manga creator Kazuo Umezu, translator Haruya Sumiya, novelist Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kenrei Miyanishi's short stories</span> <span class="full">― The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of Japan (SFWJ) announced on Saturday that Haruko Ichikawa's Land of the Lustrous manga has won the grand prize in the group's 45th Nihon SF Taishō Awards. In addition, Kenrei Miyanishi won the special prize for the short s...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside news t-news" data-topics="article221252 news anime"> <div class="category-line news t-news"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 22.222% 35.871%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/news.8/221252/bocchi.png.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category news t-news"> news </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/221252">29 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/news/2025-02-15/bocchi-the-rock-anime-gets-2nd-season-with-new-director/.221252" data-track="id=183930&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/news/2025-02-15/bocchi-the-rock-anime-gets-2nd-season-with-new-director/.221252" data-track="id=183930&from=SB"><cite>Bocchi the Rock!</cite> Anime Gets 2nd Season With New Director</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2025-02-15T20:38:47+08:00">Feb 15, 20:38</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/221252">29 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Yūsuke Yamamoto helms season at Cloverworks with returning writer Erika Yoshida</span> <span class="full">― The "Kessoku Band Tour 'We will B'" announced with a teaser video on Saturday that production on the second <cite>Bocchi the Rock!</cite> anime season has been green-lit. 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Yūsuke Yamamoto (Bocchi the Rock! assistant director, episode director) replaces Keiichirō Saitō as the director of ...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article220234 reviews manga"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 61.700% 48.400%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/220234/mecha-ude-volume-1.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> </div> <a href="/review/mecha-ude/mechanical-arms/volume-1/.220234" data-track="id=183195&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/mecha-ude/mechanical-arms/volume-1/.220234" data-track="id=183195&from=SB"><cite>Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms</cite> Manga Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2025-02-15T02:00:00+08:00">Feb 15, 02:00</time> <span class="topics"> <a topic="manga" href="/all/?topic=manga" target="intro-by-topic"> manga</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">Everything in <cite>Mecha-Ude</cite> Volume 1 is so close to the anime that, at times, it almost feels like reading through storyboards.</span> <span class="full">― During Fall 2024, here on ANN, I reviewed studio TriF's debut anime series <cite>Mecha-Ude</cite> as it aired weekly. 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Plus an unexpected <cite>Frieren</cite> collab!</span> <span class="full">― Welcome back, folks! We hope you enjoyed last week's segment on American games getting censored in Japan; the segment was brainstormed by our colleague Jacki Jing, who will make a short video about the matter on <cite>Anime News Network</cite>'s socials. 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